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Yellow guinea yam
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Yellow guinea yam

Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.

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Names

EnglishYellow guinea yam
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese几内亚薯蓣
Scientific nameDioscorea cayenensis Lam.

About this species

Dioscorea cayenensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes treated as a subspecies, and sometimes also as a separate species. Common names include Guinea yam, yellow yam, and yellow Guinea yam.

It may be a triploid hybrid between the cultivated D. rotundata and the wild D. burkilliana.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderDioscoreales
FamilyDioscoreaceae
GenusDioscorea

In Suriname

13Records in Suriname
1910First record
2013Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini6

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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